The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player Novel - Chapter 304
Chapter 304 – Demons
Ryu Min wasn’t actually chasing Heo Taeseok.
“I thought Victor might be in danger, so I came, but this is…”
He arrived late, worried about securing the supports, but he never imagined he would find this chaos.
“Krhhh…”
“This guy is out of his mind.”
Seeing him growling like a beast towards him, Ryu Min sighed.
Who would dare to show hostility towards someone whom his followers considered a deity?
Although he clearly seemed out of his wits, Ryu Min had already read his thoughts and understood him.
“He only has one thing on his mind: killing everyone.”
As unhinged as he was, no one could think only of one thing constantly.
It wasn’t a normal way of thinking.
“Someone has manipulated his mind.”
Ryu Min realized the external intervention and also sensed who it might be.
There was only one person with an ability like that.
“Plunictos. That guy is in another world.”
He had read Plunictos’ thoughts before and understood his power.
By granting a bit of his strength, he could turn a human into a demon consumed by resentment.
Therefore, the culprit was evident.
“Plunictos has turned Heo Taeseok into a demon.”
He tried to give him orders, but he was in a state of total loss of control, unable to obey.
He was completely demonized, nothing more than a beast now.
“Kraaaaah!”
Driven by revenge for his severed arm, Heo Taeseok lunged forward.
But he had chosen the wrong opponent.
Slash!
His neck was cleanly severed, and his body fell to the ground.
Looking at the defeated Heo Taeseok, Ryu Min showed a regretful expression.
“We lost a necromancer, but there’s no remedy. I can’t bring a monster to round 20.”
After killing Heo Taeseok with his own hands, Ryu Min turned to Eom Jun-seok.
“Are you okay?”
“Ah… yes, thank you for saving me.”
Ryu Min nodded and passed by Eom Jun-seok, stopping in front of Victor.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes… but Sophia…”
Seeing Victor’s desperate face, Ryu Min understood immediately.
“It seems he doesn’t have a life potion.”
The life potion was a legendary item. Since it could resurrect someone, the ingredients were extremely difficult to obtain.
At this point in the round, getting the ingredients wasn’t an easy task.
“I should have provided Victor with the ingredients to make the potion.”
He had thought he could manage on his own, but it seemed he had left it too much to chance.
Victor had survived until round 18 without his help, right?
“He will need my help.”
Ryu Min briefly glanced at Heo Taeseok and then at Sophia.
His heart was completely pierced through, she had instantly died.
Without a resurrection, there was no way to revive her.
“Black Scythe, I know it’s asking a lot, but could you do me a favor?”
“Tell me.”
“With your ability for fast movement, could you bring Christine here? Please, ask her to resurrect Sophia. I beg of you.”
“It hasn’t been 10 minutes yet, right?”
“That’s right. So we need to hurry…”
Ryu Min firmly shook his head.
“That’s impossible. I couldn’t even cover 5 km of distance in 10 minutes.”
The distance to Christine, according to the tracking list, was 5 km.
It wasn’t a feasible distance to bring her.
“Ah, oh no…”
Desperation reflected on Victor’s face, but Ryu Min hadn’t finished speaking yet.
“That doesn’t mean there isn’t a solution.”
Ryu Min pulled out the legendary potion selection box he had received as a reward for killing 1,000 demons on a side quest.
Fortunately, he hadn’t used it yet.
‘Use.’
[Please touch the desired potion.]
Life Potion
Super Regeneration Elixir.
Indomitable Resistance Potion
Memory Erasure Potion
Immunity Elixir
Ryu Min chose option 1 without hesitation.
Then, a life potion appeared in his hand.
“This should work.”
He said, using the potion on Sophia.
As if time were rewinding, Sophia’s pierced heart regenerated, and color returned to her face.
“Ah…”
Victor’s eyes widened at the miracle, and Sophia also opened her eyelids with a groan.
“Where am I…?”
“Sophia!”
Victor hugged her tightly, causing Sophia to frown.
“It hurts, brother!”
“Ah! I’m sorry. Are you okay? Does it hurt?”
“It doesn’t hurt, but… what happened? I’m sure I died…”
Sophia lowered her gaze, remembering her last moments.
The blood on her chest still evidenced her death.
“Black Scythe revived you with a potion.”
“Black Scythe?”
Sophia’s gaze turned to Black Scythe and then to Heo Taeseok.
Although she didn’t remember what happened after her death, she understood the situation.
Black Scythe had arrived, solved the problem, and revived her.
“Thank you for saving me, Black Scythe. How could I repay you for this favor?”
“You don’t need to repay me. I only helped because it was necessary.”
He humbly declined, but Sophia’s eyes still shone with gratitude.
“I can’t just let it go after you saved my life. Please, if you ever need anything, tell me. I want to repay you properly.”
“It’s really not necessary. As long as we stick together as companions, it’s enough.”
Ryu Min rejected again and looked at his companions.
Alex seemed recovered, clearing his throat, while Eom Jun-seok looked at Heo Taeseok’s corpse with a blank mind.
‘The situation is under control. However…’
He couldn’t stay still knowing that Plunictos had intervened.
He could try to attack his companions at any moment.
‘I can’t track his trace without knowing what the real Plunictos is like. In that case…’
He could only follow his own companions.
Plunictos’ target surely would be those closest to Ryu Min.
Ryu Min carefully checked the tracking list.
‘The closest place now is where Min Juri is.’
Although he had seen her recently, a demon could have arrived in that time.
“Listen, everyone.”
Victor, Sophia, Alex, and Eom Jun-seok paid attention to Ryu Min’s words.
“A demon may have intervened in this round. I suspect that’s why Heo Taeseok changed.”
“A demon?”
“Why?”
Although he knew the reason, Ryu Min shook his head.
Telling them the truth wouldn’t bring anything good.
“I don’t know. But it’ll be safer if we stick together for now.”
With those words, Ryu Min indicated for them to gather at the Twins’ Canyon.
“I’ve also told the others to head there, so hurry up.”
“Understood.”
“And you, Black Scythe?”
“I…”
Ryu Min turned his head, looking in the direction where Min Juri was.
“I have to check if my companions are in danger.”
After saying that, Ryu Min’s figure disappeared like the wind.
The mission Yamti had received from her master was simple.
When the round started, she had to find Min Juri and protect her.
Although it wasn’t a difficult task, she cursed as soon as it started.
“Darn it, she’s 8 km away!”
Due to bad luck with the starting point, they were far apart from each other, and it took her an hour to reach where Min Juri was.
Moreover, her master had asked her to mediate between Min Juri and Seo Arin to prevent them from fighting.
“Huuu…”
All Yamti could do was contain the curses.
“So, you confessed and got rejected?”
“It wasn’t a rejection, she gave me a chance.”
“How can it be a chance when Ryu Min put you in the friend zone? That sounds like rejection and you clinging desperately.”
“What did you say? How dare you speak like that…?”
“Enough! Can you both shut up and keep walking?”
Seeing the situation, Yamti lost her patience, and Min Juri and Seo Arin fell silent.
They only huffed and turned their heads disdainfully.
“Well… thankfully, I’m the oldest. If not…”
If she were younger, would they even listen to her words?
Luckily, she was born a little earlier.
Then, when a familiar death message appeared, the tense atmosphere turned solemn.
“Twenty have died already.”
“Yes. Are they really killing each other?”
“What else could it be?”
Each commented something while showing an expression of accustomedness.
Throughout the forest and across the plain, they had only seen death messages.
So, even if another message appeared, they wouldn’t be surprised. Or so they thought, but they were wrong.
So far, no familiar names had appeared.
[The twenty-first death has occurred.]
[The deceased’s nickname is ‘Old Man No Gay’.]
[10 minutes have passed since their death, we will proceed to eliminate the player.]
[Remaining players: 122]
[Eliminated players: 21]
[Time remaining until the end of the round: 70:06:44]
“Eh? If you’re an older person…”
“Isn’t he the leader of the Church of the Four Gods?”
So far, only unknown nicknames had appeared, but this time they recognized the name of a fellow player.
A name they had seen frequently.
“For leader Heo to have died…”
“That means he won’t be able to resurrect…”
“Ah… how could this happen?”
The three sighed sadly.
Sighs possible because they didn’t know the details.
“What could have happened? With the leader’s ability, he shouldn’t have fallen to a monster…”
“It could also be. Could you face three ogres at once?”
“And so what if I could? You know how strong my Spiritual Knight is.”
“Here they go fighting again!”
When Yamti saw signs of another argument, she reacted with irritation.
“Don’t you think it’s time to make peace?”
“You don’t understand what it feels like to compete for someone you like,” said Min Juri.
Yamti let out a sarcastic laugh.
“I don’t understand? Who do you think has been enduring all this time?”
“What do you mean? Are you also…?”
Faced with Min Juri’s suspicious gaze, Yamti regretted speaking.
‘Darn it, my mouth gets me into trouble again.’
It’s normal for a slave to love their master, but she had just added fuel to the fire.
“Tell me, do you also like Ryu Min?”
“Hahaha, of course not. I like Black Scythe.”
That reassured Min Juri, but Yamti now received a glaring look from Seo Arin.
-Isn’t it wrong for a slave to love their master?
Seo Arin’s gaze seemed to say that. She knew Yamti was a slave.
To avoid more jealousy, Yamti quickly changed the subject.
“Just to clarify, I like him as a companion, nothing more. Hehe.”
“Ah, I see.”
“Understood.”
Finally, Seo Arin and Min Juri relaxed, and Yamti felt wrinkles forming on her forehead.
‘Ugh, it really is a moment that makes me curse.’
Yamti looked ahead as they walked toward the Twins’ Canyon.
The journey felt endless.
“Hm?”
Then, Yamti saw someone in the distance.
‘How strange. The nearest player was 800 meters away.’
But that person was only 50 meters away.
Seo Arin and Min Juri also saw it.
“Is that a person?”
“It seems so.”
When they approached about 30 meters, the three stopped abruptly.
The figure looked human, but it wasn’t.
“A demon…?”
At that moment, a demon appeared next to Min Juri.
“Ahhh!”
The demon laughed as Min Juri recoiled in terror.
“Hmm, it seems the prey has come to us.”
“That’s right.”
“The three are human women.”
“We got lucky on our first hunt.”
Surrounded by demonic voices, the three couldn’t think of escaping.
There wasn’t just one demon.